CARL DEWEY PERKINS

PERKINS, Carl Dewey, (father of Carl Christopher Perkins), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Hindman, Knott County, Ky., October 15, 1912; attended the Knott County grade schools, Hindman High School, Caney Junior College (now Alice Lloyd College), Lees Junior College, and was graduated from Jefferson School of Law (now the University of Louisville Law School), Louisville, Ky., in 1935; was admitted to the bar in 1935 and commenced the practice of law in Hindman, Ky.; in 1939 served an unexpired term as commonwealth attorney from the thirty-first judicial district; member of Kentucky General Assembly from the ninety-ninth district in 1940; elected Knott County attorney in 1941, reelected in 1945, and resigned January 1, 1948, to become counsel for Department of Highways, Frankfort, Ky.; during the Second World War enlisted in the United States Army and saw service in the European Theater; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1949, until his death; chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (Ninetieth through Ninety-eighth Congresses); was a resident of Hindman, Ky. until his death August 3, 1984, in Lexington, Ky.; interment in Perkins Cemetery, Leburn, Ky.

Member Name Birth-Death Position Party State Congress
(Year)
PERKINS, Carl Dewey 1912-1984 Representative Democrat KY 81
(1949-1950)
    Representative Democrat KY 82
(1951-1952)
    Representative Democrat KY 83
(1953-1954)
    Representative Democrat KY 84
(1955-1956)
    Representative Democrat KY 85
(1957-1958)
    Representative Democrat KY 86
(1959-1960)
    Representative Democrat KY 87
(1961-1962)
    Representative Democrat KY 88
(1963-1964)
    Representative Democrat KY 89
(1965-1966)
    Representative Democrat KY 90
(1967-1968)
    Representative Democrat KY 91
(1969-1970)
    Representative Democrat KY 92
(1971-1972)
    Representative Democrat KY 93
(1973-1974)
    Representative Democrat KY 94
(1975-1976)
    Representative Democrat KY 95
(1977-1978)
    Representative Democrat KY 96
(1979-1980)
    Representative Democrat KY 97
(1981-1982)
    Representative Democrat KY 98
(1983-1984)

Bibliography

 

Damron, Donald Reid. “The Contributions of Carl D. Perkins on Higher Education Legislation, 1948-1984.” Ph.D. dissertation, Middle Tennesssee State University, 1990.

Source:  Biographical Directory of United States Congress